Invalidity · first instance · 2021-05-17
000111563
Contested design: 000565015-0004
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld, the contested Registered Community design No 000565015-0004 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 000565015-0004 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten der Antragstellerin, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Intercon Tierbedarf GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Brahmkoppel 4, 24558 Henstedt-Ulzburg, Deutschland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Brügglivia PDF extraction
Switzerland (CH)
Hofstr. 5, 8590 Romanshorn, Schweiz
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Screenshots of the hundeboxen.de website showing dog transport boxes, including Typ A
hundeboxen.de / https://archive.org · Internet Archive Wayback Machine · disclosed 2002-04-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying in particular on D1, archived screenshots of hundeboxen.de predating the claimed priority date.
- ›The holder disputed disclosure of D1 and argued the cited designs created a different overall impression, emphasizing technical constraints, proportions, rounded versus angular elements, and the double-box concept.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as a reliable prior web disclosure through the Wayback Machine and found the designer's freedom not materially restricted for the relevant design features.
- ›It concluded that the contested design produced no different overall impression from D1, upheld the invalidity application, declared the RCD invalid, and awarded costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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